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| − | '''Geography''' is "the study of the physical features of the earth and its atmosphere, and of human activity as it affects and is affected by these" <ref>Soanes and Stevenson (2005) The Oxford Dictionary of English, Oxford University Press, Oxford, U.K.</ref> | + | '''Geography''' is "the study of the physical features of the earth and its atmosphere, and of human activity as it affects and is affected by these." <ref>Soanes and Stevenson (2005) The Oxford Dictionary of English, Oxford University Press, Oxford, U.K.</ref> |
As a subject it can generally be divided into two major components; physical geography, concerning earth system processes, and human geography, concerning human activities across the earth. There is a large degree of overlap between these two, and geography is regarded as the subject that bridges the arts and the sciences. | As a subject it can generally be divided into two major components; physical geography, concerning earth system processes, and human geography, concerning human activities across the earth. There is a large degree of overlap between these two, and geography is regarded as the subject that bridges the arts and the sciences. | ||
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Revision as of 20:37, November 15, 2008
Geography is "the study of the physical features of the earth and its atmosphere, and of human activity as it affects and is affected by these." [1]
As a subject it can generally be divided into two major components; physical geography, concerning earth system processes, and human geography, concerning human activities across the earth. There is a large degree of overlap between these two, and geography is regarded as the subject that bridges the arts and the sciences.
References
- ↑ Soanes and Stevenson (2005) The Oxford Dictionary of English, Oxford University Press, Oxford, U.K.